KEY STORYLINES AFRICA: Zimbabwe opposition figure Tendai Biti was charged with inciting public violence and declaring unofficial election results as fears grew about a government crackdown. AMERICAS: Venezuela pressed Colombia and the US to extradite its former National Assembly speaker, as the opposition pushed back, saying the arrest warrant for Julio Borges was “political in

KEY STORYLINES AFRICA: South Sudan President Salva Kiir granted a general amnesty to rebels in the country’s civil war, including his former deputy Riek Machar, following a ceasefire. AMERICAS: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau defied Saudi Arabia’s demand to withdraw calls for the release of jailed civil rights activists and insisted that Canada will continue to

KEY STORYLINES AFRICA: South Sudan President Salva Kiir and rival Riek Machar signed a power-sharing deal, a prelude to a peace agreement following five years of civil war. AMERICAS: The Brazilian Workers’ Party named former Sao Paulo mayor Fernando Haddad as the running mate of currently jailed Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva for the presidential